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Flood of Knowledge and Trickle of Wisdom
David Kinnaman in his book, You Lost Me (2011), seeks to identify reasons that “Mosaics” (those born 1984 through 2002; many of today’s teenagers and twentysomethings, often referred to as Millennials or Gen Y) are dropping out of the evangelical … Continue reading
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Imaging the fallen: What the pictures of the war dead should tell us
Essay: We’ve seen photos before like ones of U.S. soldiers with Afghan corpses “The impulse of soldiers to photograph their dead enemies is driven by a number of factors, says Nancy Sherman, author of “The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, … Continue reading
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Window inside cultural relativism: Saudi Woman’s Rights
Saudi women: Pampered or oppressed? While Al Youssef believes there is no appetite from either King Abdullah or society at large for greater women’s rights, Samar Fatany is convinced of the opposite. The west may look at this with disdain, … Continue reading
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Interesting comparison of millennials and previous generations
Created by: Online Graduate Programs
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Homeless as “wifi hotspots”?
Homeless Hotspots is a charitable innovation initiative by BBH New York. It attempts to modernize the Street Newspaper model employed to support homeless populations.
Interesting concept of capitalism in its most basic form. What do you think? What are the social and ethical implications to this?
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We are all in the construction business
George Bernard Shaw once stated, “God created us in his image and we decided to return the favor.” Genesis 11 illustrates Shaw’s statement in a most vivid manner. The story of the tower of Babel comes at the end of … Continue reading
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Who is the working poor?
In reading Responsive Labor: A Theology of Work (Jenson, 2006) [a full coming review soon], I am reminded of how we Christians [particularly in the west] see our work as meaning in life. The result of this thinking many times … Continue reading
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Rearranging Chairs….
Recently there has been much discussion about the musings of an invited guest at the regional FBFI meeting. This speaker, Pastor Sweatt, challenged young fundamentalists [YF] believers with a Calvinistic view using the usual straw man, frayed arguments found in … Continue reading
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